The Ice Maiden's Heart began to Melt

I love glitter. It's fun working on these little heart collages. However, I am supposed to have three paintings ready for a show on Sunday and as usual, I am way behind the eightball. There are so many things wrong with this painting I am about to stall out. Hopefully, I will pull it together. I have decided to change the color scheme and possibly the approach. I'll know as soon as I put the faces in which I hope to do tout suite!!

workshop sketch

I spent the weekend taking a workshop with Susan Woolgar. She showed us three different ways to make underpaintings under pastels. This isn't too sucessful but it's the best shot of my own work so it gets posted.

Another day, another heart

Today I'm painting the dining room an incredible scarlet poppy color. I have to scurry to get two paintings done for the Feb. show in Cranbrook.

Hearts for February

Weaving strips of watercolor paper...gluing down on an 8x10 canvas...layering colors... rubbing back. I love the textures and colors that come up with this technique. I want to do a whole series.

paint and scrape

I just purchased a video by Robert Burridge and am trying out some of his techniques. I rather like some of the texture that comes up in painting over gesso and then rubbing back some of the paint. I think I will experiment with this a little more.

Pinkie's Prom Dress

I love the fashions of the late 1950's early 60's. My Mom use to buy old prom gowns at the goodwill store so that me and my friends could play "Miss America". I love the stiff bodices and spaghetti straps and the wonderful hour glass shape but I'm glad I don't have to wear the scratchy things.

I am glad to get back to painting after a little nesting incident (I felt compelled to clean and repaint a lot of the house). Oh well, everythings bright and fresh now and will leave me time to go outside in warm weather and paint. Besides, what else do you want to do when it is 15 below!

Happy New Year

I made this painting for Haleys boyfriend Max. Max is a firefighter in Yellowknife and is amazingly passionate about his profession. He is the fellow you want to see charging through the flames to rescue you.

I want to wish all my artistic friends a creative, prolific and lucrative New Year!